I planted Tulips about 5 years ago. The first year we had a mass of flowers. Ever since when the come up all we get is leaves. Any one have any idea why this is and can I do any thing to encourage flowering again ?
wheelz,
Aug 1, 12:56am
Do you feed with bulb fertiliser at the correct times?
harm_less,
Aug 1, 3:05am
Too much nitrogen fertiliser?
First flowering would have been initiated prior to you getting them. Since then your actions have altered their performance.
1749,
Aug 1, 3:29am
Just a fertiliser like thrive.
wine-o-clock,
Aug 1, 6:42am
they prefer freezing frosty winters to flower
autumnwinds,
Aug 1, 10:32am
Indeed. I'm in the same city as OP, and I lift my bulbs, and store them in pantyhose once dried (after the leaves have completely dried off), hanging from a nail in the stud in the shed.
Come early July, I put them in the bottom of the fridge in a plastic bag for a week, then plant out into prepared plot or pot. They've not failed to flower again yet.
Oh, and Thrive really isn't enough to develop good bulbs, with plenty of fuel to grow the flowers for the next year - if you can't get horse or cow manure and make a liquid (google how), then sheep pellets and bulb granules according to directions. They're fairly gross (hungry!) feeders.
1749,
Aug 1, 10:05pm
Thanks for that. I will lift the bulbs once the leaves die down, and feed them well next season.
kateley,
Oct 13, 9:05am
If you feed them when the leaves appear, then again when they're supposed to be flowering as they will start developing next years flowers between flowering and when the leaves die off.
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